The University of Texas Round-Up is a spring homecoming celebration first established in 1930 by
Ex-Students’ Association President Bill McGill as a weekend of alumni reunions, campus expositions,
departmental open houses, and student activities. The event was sponsored by the Ex-Students’
Association and the Dads' and Mothers’ Association. Celebrations traditionally culminated in a variety
show and campus dance known as the Round-Up Revue and Ball at the Gregory Gym. Other affiliated
activities included contests for the Bluebonnet Belles and the University Sweetheart, the Texas Relay
races, freshman tug-of-war, barbecues, and an annual parade introduced in 1934.

In the 1950s, administration and planning of Round-Up activities was handed over to student government, which in
turn ceded control due to the lack of student interest in the 1960s. Since the 1970s, Round-Up has become
primarily run by UT fraternities and sororities as a weekend of parties and recruitment activities. Round-Up
became the subject of controversy over campus racial tensions during the 1980s and in 1992 the Ex-Students'
Association discontinued its support of the event.